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2 Set the deactivation flag.

a) Go to the Radio Network Configuration page.

b) Expand the MRBTS object.
c) Expand the LNBTS object.
d) Select the LNCEL object corresponding to the cell where the LTE1406: Extended
VoLTE Talk Time feature will be deactivated.
e) Set the Activate extended VoLTE talk time (actQci1eVTT) parameter
value to false.

3 Send the parameters to the eNB according to the procedure described in

section Activating and deactivating LTE features using BTS Site Manager.

Expected outcome
The eNB does not apply the eVTT-specific parameters: qci1DlTargetBler (DL
target BLER for QCI1), qci1HarqMaxTrDl (Maximum number of HARQ
transmission in DL for QCI1), qci1HarqMaxTrUl (Maximum number of
HARQ transmission in UL for QCI1), and qci1UlTargetBler (UL AMC
target BLER for QCI1) for UEs with a QCI1 bearer any more. The eNB applies
parameters of the standard configuration: harqMaxTrDl (Maximum number of HARQ
transmission in DL), harqMaxTrUl (Maximum number of HARQ
transmission in UL), ulTargetBler (UL AMC target BLER), and
dlTargetBler (DL target BLER) to all UEs.

3.6 LTE1496: eICIC - micro

3.6.1 Description of LTE1496: eICIC - micro
Introduction to the feature
The LTE1496: eICIC micro (enhanced inter-cell interference coordination) feature is a
DL-centric inter-cell interference mitigation technique for applications in heterogeneous
networks (HetNets), where small cell eNBs are deployed on the same frequency as
neighboring macro cell eNBs. The feature enables traffic offloading from macro cell to
small cells, and interference reduction at small cells by coordinated time domain
resource usage between macro cell and small cells.

Benefits

End-user benefits
This feature improves the throughput with the use of almost blank subframes (ABS) in
the macro - micro/pico network deployments.

Operator benefits
This feature provides advanced interference handling that will satisfy high traffic
demands throughout the HetNets.

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Requirements

Hardware and software requirements

Table 31 Hardware and software requirements

System release Flexi Multiradio Flexi Multiradio Flexi Zone Micro OMS
BTS 10 BTS
RL70 - - LBTS7.0 -

UE NetAct MME SAE GW

3GPP R10 UE - - -
capabilities
3GPP R11 UE
capabilities

Additional hardware requirements

This feature requires no new or additional hardware.

Functional description

Feature overview
The LTE1496: eICIC - micro feature improves the overall network performance in HetNet
scenario, where macro eNBs are deployed in co-channel with small cell eNBs. This is
achieved by traffic offloading from the macro cell to the small cells within the macro
coverage. Traffic offloading from the macro to the small cells is accelerated by modifying
the handover (HO) thresholds between the cells in the eICIC area resulting in cell range
expansion (CRE) of the small cells. The HO thresholds are set via O&M parameters and
are configured to the small cell UEs as described in Table 32: Utilization of G2 and G3
values. There is also a coordination of time domain resource usage between the macro
cell and the small cells to protect the data transmission of small cell UEs experiencing
heavy interference from the macro cell.
Table 32 Utilization of G2 and G3 values
eIcicMaxG2CioNonMacro eIcicMaxG3CioNonMacro
mlbEicicOperMode = allUEs G2 CIO value configured to all G3 CIO value configured to
UEs with GBR bearers FeICIC capable UEs without
GBR bearers
mlbEicicOperMode allUEs G2 CIO value configured to
R8/R9/10 UEs without GBR
bearers (UEs with GBR
bearers are left out of the CRE;
cell default CIO value is
configured)

Figure 5: eICIC area with one macro cell and four small cells shows one eICIC area with
one macro cell eNB and four small cell eNBs, that are all using the same carrier
frequency (f1).

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Figure 5 eICIC area with one macro cell and four small cells

FZM
FZM #4
X2 X2
#1 f1
X2 FZM
FZM
X2 #3
#2

eICIC
area regular cell cell range
coverage area expansion
(CRE) area

The LTE1496: eICIC - micro feature supports the eICIC between one macro cell and
several small cells. Small cells are the outdoor micro and pico cell types with downlink
transmission powers lower than the macro cell. The small cell eNBs are autonomous
base stations like the Flexi Zone Micro (FZM) connected via X2 to the macro eNB. For
release RL70, the small cell eNB is assumed as a one-cell eNB.

g The home base station (HeNB), low power remote radio heads (RRHs) connected via
optical fiber to the macro eNB, and eICIC with eNB from other vendors (either macro or
micro) types of small cell are out of the scope of this feature.

Subframe muting
The LTE1496: eICIC - micro feature offers means to use the reduced inter-cell
interference due to ABS in heterogeneous networks to increase the throughput of cell
edge users and the average user throughput in an eICIC area. The ratio of ABS to non-
ABS is dynamically adapted by the macro cell based on the load condition in the eICIC
area.
In contrast to control signaling, no user data related transmissions on PDCCH and
PDSCH are allowed in ABS in the macro cell. This means that ABS is a transmission
time interval (TTI) with protected resources on the PDSCH and PDCCH on the macro
side, which is used by small cells in the macro cell area to schedule data primarily for the
CRE UEs.

g The UE is not aware of ABS, so it will receive/transmit in ABS the same as non-ABS.
The eNB will decide on stopping the transmission of channel/signaling addressed to the
individual UE.
The use of ABS reduces the DL and UL resources on PDSCH and PUSCH, respectively.
The effect is either (partially) compensated or overcompensated by the interference
reduction in the small cells depending on the traffic model. In general, the cell edge
throughput should improve and a gain for the total throughput served in the area of the
macro and small cells is possible.

Qualitative performance analysis

The LTE1496: eICIC micro feature satisfies high traffic demands throughout the
HetNet. This will be achieved in the eICIC deployment when these points are
considered:
offered load
small cell Tx power level
small cell placement

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terminal support
propagation environment

The eICIC works best at high load. The highest gain is achieved at full load conditions. A
higher eICIC gain is achieved for the macro-pico deployment as compared to the macro-
micro deployment. The feature also takes into account the non-eICIC, eICIC, and
FeICIC-capable UEs. The eICIC offers moderate gain for the UEs, which are eICIC
agnostic. The gain increases for the eICIC-capable UEs and even more for the FeICIC-
capable UE with cell reference signal (CRS) interference cancellation capability. Lower
gain may result from using larger CRE values in environments with high line of sight
(LOS) probability for small cells that have offloaded many UEs.

g The non-eICIC capable UEs are also supported in the CRE area.

When configuring the feature, make sure that the maximum CRE value of the small cell
eICIC partners is not larger than the difference in downlink transmission powers between
the small cells and the macro cell eICIC partner. Otherwise, the UL transmissions in the
eICIC area will suffer a performance degradation.

Establishing the eICIC partnership

The eICIC partnership between a macro cell and a small cell is established by using
X2AP:Load Information messages. Only one partnership is established per small cell.
The small cell supports the periodic reporting of the CAC and ABS status to the eICIC
macro cell partner with the X2AP:Resource Status Update message. The information
about the applied ABS pattern in the macro eNB is signaled to the small cell eNB
through the X2AP:Load Information message. The ABS pattern is used for the
scheduling within the small cell eNB. The cell edge users are preferably scheduled in
ABS subframes.
The recommended value for the UL scheduler FD type (ulsFdPrbAssignAlg)
parameter is MixedFd because the value RoundRobin is not used together with eICIC
in the small cells. During ABS scheduling, the CRE UEs are prioritized over non-CRE
UEs for both UL and DL.

g The small cell eNB does not send UL grants in subframe 25 of muting pattern 1 for the
scheduling.
The small cell supports dedicated control loops for the listed instances for both ABS and
non-ABS:
PUSCH link adaptation
PDCCH link adaptation
PDSCH link adaptation
MIMO control

Link adaptation principle

If the eICIC partnership has been established with a macro cell and the notified ABS
pattern from the macro cell has a muting ratio greater than zero, there should be
separate link adaptation functions for ABS and non-ABS, respectively.
If the UE is eICIC-capable, it is configured with dual CQI reporting. The UE measures the
channel and calculates channel quality indicator/precoding matrix indicator/rank indicator
(CQI/PMI/RI) separately for two subsets of subframe. The better signal-to-interference-

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plus-noise ratio (SINR) in ABS due to the reduced macro interference will not be dragged
down by averaging the non-ABS. This can lead to high transmission efficiency of UEs
scheduled in ABS period. The reporting period of the reports of same subframe type is
doubled as compared to the O&M configuration. The spared halves are used for
reporting corresponding to the two subframe subsets.
Link adaptation functions, including BLER-based (block error ratio) outer loop
corrections, will be doubled and will depend on the subframe type (ABS or non-ABS).
The estimated SINR will be used for physical resource block (PRB) allocation and
modulation and coding scheme (MCS) determination.

System impact

Interdependencies between features

This feature requires one of the following features to be activated:

LTE80: GPS synchronization

LTE891: Timing over Packet with phase synchronization

g The eNB must be configured to phase synchronized mode after the activation of either
of the feature.
This feature is not supported in combination with the following features:
LTE116: Cell Bandwidth - 3 MHz
LTE117: Cell Bandwidth - 1.4 MHz
LTE1382: Cell resource groups
LTE819: DL Inter-cell Interference Generation
LTE907: TTI Bundling
LTE1336: Interference aware UL power control
LTE616: Usage based PDCCH adaptation

g The LTE1496: eICIC micro feature does not foresee any carrier aggregation (CA)
related handling since FZM does not support CA feature up to RL70. It is up to future
CA features for FZM to define any necessary handling for CA regarding interoperability
with eICIC.

This feature affects the following features:

LTE1800: DL interference shaping

When interference shaping is enabled, the change of muting pattern causes the
immediate update of the preferred resources in some cases.
LTE1140: Intra-frequency load balancing
If the intra-frequency load balancing feature is enabled, the eICIC partner is excluded
from the candidate of the MLB. If the eICIC is disabled, the ex-partner is taken as the
MLB candidate with delta CIO reset to zero.
LTE42: Support of DRX in RRC connected mode
LTE473: Extended DRX settings
LTE585: Smart DRX
If DRX is enabled together with the eICIC, the time domain scheduling weight
calculation is affected by considering only ABS in DRX active time for CRE UEs.
Also, the range of on-duration is limited to ensure that there is non-ABS during the
on-duration in the macro cell.

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LTE497: Smart admission control

Smart admission control assumes that all resources are available for the admission
of GBR bearers. The ABS reduces the amount of available resources for PDSCH
scheduling in the macro cell and is visible in the admission control by measuring the
available resources.
LTE1042: Nominal Bitrate for non-GBR bearers
The prioritization mechanism of CRE and non-CRE UEs on small cell during ABS
should be integrated with LTE1042: Nominal Bitrate for non-GBR bearers feature
prioritization mechanism for NBR bearers.

Impact on interfaces
This feature introduces the necessary X2 signaling for Load Information and Resource
Status procedures.

Impact on network management tools

This feature has no impact on network management tools.

Impact on system performance and capacity

This feature improves the cell edge throughput and the total throughput in the area of
macro and small cells.

Management data

Alarms
There are no alarms related to this feature.

Measurements and counters

Table 33: New counters lists counters introduced with this feature.

Table 33 New counters

Counter ID Counter name Measurement
M8011C118 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
DL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 0
M8011C119 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
DL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 1
M8011C120 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
DL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 2
M8011C121 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
DL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 3
M8011C122 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
DL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 4
M8011C123 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
DL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 5

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Table 33 New counters (Cont.)

Counter ID Counter name Measurement
M8011C124 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
DL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 6
M8011C125 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
DL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 7
M8011C126 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
DL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 8
M8011C127 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
DL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 9
M8011C128 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
DL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 10
M8011C129 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
UL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 0
M8011C130 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
UL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 1
M8011C131 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
UL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 2
M8011C132 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
UL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 3
M8011C133 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
UL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 4
M8011C134 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
UL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 5
M8011C135 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
UL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 6
M8011C136 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
UL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 7
M8011C137 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
UL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 8
M8011C138 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
UL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 9
M8011C139 PRB utilization of CRE UEs in LTE Cell Resource
UL ABS sub-frames per TTI
Level 10

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Key performance indicators

There are no key performance indicators related to this feature.

Parameters
Table 34: New parameters lists parameters introduced with this feature.
Table 34 New parameters
Full name Abbreviated name Managed object Structure
Activate enhanced actEicic LNCEL -
inter-cell interference
coordination
Averaging filter creCqiAvg LNCEL -
constant for CRE
tagging
Threshold for re- eIcicCreDelta LNCEL -
tagging UEs from CRE
to non-CRE
Maximum CIO value eIcicMaxG2CioNonMa LNCEL -
for CIO Group 2 in cro
non-macro cell
Maximum CIO value eIcicMaxG3CioNonMa LNCEL -
for CIO Group 3 in cro
non-macro cell
ECGI of the eICIC eIcicPartnerEcgi LNCEL -
macro partner
MCC in the ECGI of mcc LNCEL eIcicPartnerEcgi
the eICIC macro
partner
MNC in the ECGI of mnc LNCEL eIcicPartnerEcgi
the eICIC macro
partner
MNC length in the mncLength LNCEL eIcicPartnerEcgi
ECGI of the eICIC
macro partner
Identity of the eNB in enbId LNCEL eIcicPartnerEcgi
the ECGI of the eICIC
macro partner
Identity of the cell in lcrId LNCEL eIcicPartnerEcgi
the ECGI of the eICIC
macro partner

Table 35: Modified parameters lists parameters modified by this feature.

Table 35 Modified parameters
Full name Abbreviated name Managed object Structure
Activation CMAS actCMAS LNBTS -
support

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Table 35 Modified parameters (Cont.)

Full name Abbreviated name Managed object Structure
Activation ETWS actETWS LNBTS -
support
Activate uplink link actUlLnkAdp LNCEL -
adaptation
Method for UL power actUlpcMethod LNCEL -
control
Intra- and inter-freq. loadSettings LNCEL -
load bal. common load
settings
Cell capacity class cellCapClass LNCEL loadSettings
value
Mode for calculating mlbEicicOperMode LNCEL loadSettings
the CAC in load bal.
and eICIC
Nominal number of nomNumPrbNonGbr LNCEL loadSettings
PRBs for load
balancing
DL GBR resource targetLoadGbrDl LNCEL loadSettings
target load
DL non-GBR resource targetLoadNonGbrDl LNCEL loadSettings
target load
PDCCH target load targetLoadPdcch LNCEL loadSettings
Uplink CAC source ulCacSelection LNCEL loadSettings
selection
Static CAC for uplink ulStaticCac LNCEL loadSettings
Periodic CQI periodicCqiFeedbackT LNCEL -
Feedback Type ype
Random access raRespWinSize LNCEL -
response window size
SI window length siWindowLen LNCEL -

Table 36: Related existing parameters lists existing parameters related to this feature.

Table 36 Related existing parameters

Full name Abbreviated name Managed object Structure
Cell type cellType LNCEL -
DRX profile 2 drxProfile2 LNCEL -
DRX inactivity timer drxInactivityT LNCEL drxProfile2
DRX long cycle drxLongCycle LNCEL drxProfile2
DRX on duration timer drxOnDuratT LNCEL drxProfile2
DRX profile index drxProfileIndex LNCEL drxProfile2

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Table 36 Related existing parameters (Cont.)

Full name Abbreviated name Managed object Structure
DRX profile priority drxProfilePriority LNCEL drxProfile2
DRX retransmission drxRetransT LNCEL drxProfile2
timer
DRX profile 3 drxProfile3 LNCEL -
DRX inactivity timer drxInactivityT LNCEL drxProfile3
DRX long cycle drxLongCycle LNCEL drxProfile3
DRX on duration timer drxOnDuratT LNCEL drxProfile3
DRX profile index drxProfileIndex LNCEL drxProfile3
DRX profile priority drxProfilePriority LNCEL drxProfile3
DRX retransmission drxRetransT LNCEL drxProfile3
timer
DRX profile 5 drxProfile5 LNCEL -
DRX inactivity timer drxInactivityT LNCEL drxProfile5
DRX long cycle drxLongCycle LNCEL drxProfile5
DRX on duration timer drxOnDuratT LNCEL drxProfile5
DRX profile index drxProfileIndex LNCEL drxProfile5
DRX profile priority drxProfilePriority LNCEL drxProfile5
DRX retransmission drxRetransT LNCEL drxProfile5
timer
DRX smart profile 2 drxSmartProfile2 LNCEL -
DRX inactivity timer drxInactivityT LNCEL drxSmartProfile2
DRX long cycle drxLongCycle LNCEL drxSmartProfile2
DRX on duration timer drxOnDuratT LNCEL drxSmartProfile2
DRX profile index drxProfileIndex LNCEL drxSmartProfile2
DRX profile priority drxProfilePriority LNCEL drxSmartProfile2
DRX retransmission drxRetransT LNCEL drxSmartProfile2
timer
DRX short cycle drxShortCycle LNCEL drxSmartProfile2
DRX short cycle timer drxShortCycleT LNCEL drxSmartProfile2
Short term inactivity smartStInactFactor LNCEL drxSmartProfile2
factor for smart DRX
DRX smart profile 3 drxSmartProfile3 LNCEL -
DRX inactivity timer drxInactivityT LNCEL drxSmartProfile3
DRX long cycle drxLongCycle LNCEL drxSmartProfile3
DRX on duration timer drxOnDuratT LNCEL drxSmartProfile3
DRX profile index drxProfileIndex LNCEL drxSmartProfile3
DRX profile priority drxProfilePriority LNCEL drxSmartProfile3

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Table 36 Related existing parameters (Cont.)

Full name Abbreviated name Managed object Structure
DRX retransmission drxRetransT LNCEL drxSmartProfile3
timer
DRX short cycle drxShortCycle LNCEL drxSmartProfile3
DRX short cycle timer drxShortCycleT LNCEL drxSmartProfile3
Short term inactivity smartStInactFactor LNCEL drxSmartProfile3
factor for smart DRX
DRX smart profile 5 drxSmartProfile5 LNCEL -
DRX inactivity timer drxInactivityT LNCEL drxSmartProfile5
DRX long cycle drxLongCycle LNCEL drxSmartProfile5
DRX on duration timer drxOnDuratT LNCEL drxSmartProfile5
DRX profile index drxProfileIndex LNCEL drxSmartProfile5
DRX profile priority drxProfilePriority LNCEL drxSmartProfile5
DRX retransmission drxRetransT LNCEL drxSmartProfile5
timer
DRX short cycle drxShortCycle LNCEL drxSmartProfile5
DRX short cycle timer drxShortCycleT LNCEL drxSmartProfile5
Short term inactivity smartStInactFactor LNCEL drxSmartProfile5
factor for smart DRX

Sales information

Table 37 Sales information

BSW/ASW License control in network Activated by default
element
ASW SW Asset Monitoring No

3.6.2 Activating and configuring LTE1496: eICIC - micro

Before you start
The listed conditions must be considered before the activation of the LTE1496: eICIC -
micro feature:
Neighbor configuration setup between the macro and micro cell is completed .
The feature is enabled in the partner macro cell.
X2 link is in available state in order to establish partnership.

The Activate enhanced inter-cell interference

coordination (actEicic) parameter is used to activate the feature. Modification of
this parameter requires object locking.

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Table 38 Parameters used for activating and configuring LTE1496: eICIC - micro
feature
Parameter Purpose Requires eNB restart or
object locking
Activate enhanced inter-cell activation flag object locking
interference coordination
(actEicic )
Cell type (cellType) mandatory configuration no
Threshold for re-tagging UEs from mandatory configuration no
CRE to non-CRE (eIcicCreDelta)
Maximum CIO value for CIO Group mandatory configuration object locking
2 in non-macro cell
(eIcicMaxG2CioNonMacro)
Maximum CIO value for CIO Group mandatory configuration object locking
3 in non-macro cell
(eIcicMaxG3CioNonMacro)
SI window length (siWindowLen) mandatory configuration no
ECGI of the eICIC macro Partner mandatory configuration object locking
(eIcicPartnerEcgi)
Intra- and inter-freq. load bal. mandatory configuration no
common load settings
(loadSettings)

One of the listed features needs to be activated/configured before the activation of the
LTE1496: eICIC - micro feature:
LTE80: GPS synchronization
LTE891: Timing over Packet with phase synchronization

The listed features need to be deactivated before the activation of the LTE1496: eICIC -
micro feature:
LTE819: DL Inter-cell Interference Generation
LTE116: Cell Bandwidth - 3 MHz
LTE117: Cell Bandwidth - 1.4 MHz
LTE1382: Cell resource groups
LTE616: Usage based PDCCH adaptation
LTE907: TTI Bundling

1 Follow the general procedure described in section Activating and deactivating

LTE features using BTS Site Manager.
In Step 3 (Modify the feature-specific eNB configuration settings) of the general
procedure, perform the steps described in this procedure.

2 Set the activation value.

a) Go to the Radio Network Configuration page.

b) Expand the MRBTS object.

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c) Expand the LNBTS object.

d) Select the LNCEL object corresponding to the cell where the LTE1496: eICIC -
micro feature will be activated.
e) Set the Activate enhanced inter-cell interference coordination
(actEicic) parameter value to true.

g This parameter activates the feature.

3 Configure the parameters related to LTE1496: eICIC - micro.

On the selected LNCEL object, perform these configurations:
a) Set the Cell type (cellType) parameter to a value other than large.
b) Set the Threshold for re-tagging UEs from CRE to non-
CRE (eIcicCreDelta) parameter to a value ranging from 1 to 4.
c) Set the Maximum CIO value for CIO Group 2 in non-macro
cell (eIcicMaxG2CioNonMacro) parameter value to -10, -8, -6, -5, or -4 dB.

g The absolute value for the

Maximum CIO value for CIO Group 2 in non-macro
cell (eIcicMaxG2CioNonMacro) parameter must be equal to the value of the
Maximum CIO value for CIO Group 2 in macro
cell (eIcicMaxG2CioMacro) parameter to avoid mismatch in the CRE configuration
and ping-pong HOs.
d) Set the Maximum CIO value for CIO Group 3 in non-macro
cell (eIcicMaxG3CioNonMacro) parameter value to -16, -14, -12, or -10 dB.

g The absolute value for the

Maximum CIO value for CIO Group 3 in non-macro
cell (eIcicMaxG3CioNonMacro) parameter must be equal to the value of the
Maximum CIO value for CIO Group 3 in macro
cell (eIcicMaxG3CioMacro) parameter to avoid mismatch in the CRE configuration
and ping-pong HOs.
e) Set the SI window length (siWindowLen) parameter to a value greater than
or equal to 20 ms.

4 Define the ECGI of the eICIC macro partner (eIcicPartnerEcgi)

parameter.
On the selected LNCEL object, perform these actions:
a) If the ECGI of the eICIC macro partner object is not available, right-click the
LNCEL object and then select New ECGI of the eICIC macro partner object.
b) Expand the ECGI of the eICIC macro partner object.
c) Select ECGI of the eICIC macro partner-1 object and define all the parameter
values within.

g The modification of the values of ECGI of the eICIC macro

partner (eIcicPartnerEcgi) parameter structure is mandatory.

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5 Define the Intra- and inter-freq. load bal. common load

settings (loadSettings) parameter.
On the selected LNCEL object, perform these actions:
a) If the Intra- and inter-freq. load bal. common load settings object is not
available, right-click the LNCEL object and then select New Intra- and inter-
freq. load bal. common load settings object.
b) Expand the Intra- and inter-freq. load bal. common load settings object.
c) Select Intra- and inter-freq. load bal. common load settings-1 object and
define all the parameter values within.

g The structure of
Intra- and inter-freq. load bal. common load
settings (loadSettings) parameter has default values set during the object
creation. The modification of the default values is not mandatory.

g When eICIC is enabled for the cell, it is recommended to configure values of minimum
80% for the O&M parameter PDCCH target load in order to avoid reporting the cell as
overloaded due to lack of PDCCH resources.

6 Send the parameters to the eNB according to the procedure described in

section Activating and deactivating LTE features using BTS Site Manager.

Expected outcome
The LTE1496: eICIC micro feature is activated in the macro cell.

3.6.3 Deactivating LTE1496: eICIC - micro

Before you start
The Activate enhanced inter-cell interference
coordination (actEicic) parameter is used to deactivate the feature. Modification of
this parameter requires object locking.

1 Follow the general procedure described in section Activating and deactivating

LTE features using BTS Site Manager.
In Step 3 (Modify the feature-specific eNB configuration settings) of the general
procedure, perform the steps described in this procedure.

2 Configure the Activate enhanced inter-cell interference

coordination (actEicic) parameter.

a) Go to the Radio Network Configuration page.

b) Expand the MRBTS object.
c) Expand the LNBTS object.
d) Select the LNCEL object corresponding to the cell where the LTE1496: eICIC -
micro feature will be deactivated.
e) Set the Activate enhanced inter-cell interference coordination
(actEicic) parameter value to false.

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